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Engineer creates first custom motherboard for 1990s PlayStation console
New “nsOne” board can save a dying 1990s PlayStation 1 by transplanting original chips.
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Nintendo Switch 2: The Ars Technica review
Nintendo’s overdue upgrade is a strong contender, even amid competition from handheld PCs.
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Switch 2 users report online console bans after running personal game “backups”
Nintendo seems able to detect use of Mig Flash carts, which can also help enable piracy.
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Why Microsoft’s next Xbox should just run Windows already
The AMD-powered “next generation Xbox console” should take a tip from the ROG Xbox Ally.
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YouTube is hiding an excellent, official high-speedPac-Manmod in plain sight
Pac-Man Superfast turns the arcade classic into a high-octane reflex test.
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With 1.2.2 update,Civilization VIItries to win back traditionalists
Players can now disable Legacy Paths, Crisis, and quite a bit more.
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Games run faster on SteamOS than Windows 11, Ars testing finds
Lenovo Legion Go S gets better frame rates running Valve’s free operating system.
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What’s wrong with AAA games? The development of the nextBattlefieldhas answers.
EA insiders describe stress and setbacks in a project that’s too big to fail.
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The Last of Usco-creator Neil Druckmann exits HBO show
Halley Gross, another prominent writer for the game and show, also departed.
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